System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (FNS and NIS+)

cred Table

The cred table stores credential information about NIS+ principals. Each domain has one cred table, which stores the credential information of client machines that belong to that domain and client users who are allowed to log into them. (In other words, the principals of that domain.) The cred tables are located in their domains' org_dir subdirectory.


Note –

Do not link a cred table. Each org_dir directory should have its own cred table. Do not use a link to some other org_dir cred table.


The cred table has five columns:

Table 23–4 cred Table

NIS+ Principal Name 

Authentication Type 

Authentication Name 

Public Data 

 

Private Data 

 

Principal name of a principal user 

LOCAL 

UID 

GID list 

 

Principal name of a principal user or machine 

DES 

Secure RPC netname 

Public key 

Encrypted private key 

The second column, authentication type, determines the types of values found in the other four columns.

See Chapter 12, Administering NIS+ Credentials for additional information on credentials and the cred table.